Match report - Witham Town away

Witham Town 2-1 Mildenhall Town

22/10/24 7:45pm kickoff

Attendance: 181

Goals: Jordan Chipps 42’ (Mildenhall Town), Deese Kasinga Madia 79' (Witham Town),

Joshua Collins 86' og (Witham Town)

Mildenhall started the game with the ball and despite an early chance for Witham both teams

started fairly equal. Witham had had some better chances in the box however nothing came

of it and Mildenhall were great at getting free/goal kicks. Mildenhall played well on the wings

in the first half and looked more likely to get the first goal. Mildenhall had a good early

chance in front of an open goal but the players took too long to get the shot away and the

chance was gone. The deadlock was broken in the 42nd minute when Chipps scored the

first goal of the game, Ryan Swift hit the bar and Chipps was quick to it and headed it in. The

teams went in at half time 1-0 to Mildenhall.

The second half started like the first with both teams equal again although Mildenhall had

claims for a penalty when one of their players got pushed down in the box by the opposition,

however nothing came of this. Witham were determined to get a goal back but Mildenhall’s

defence made sure nothing came of it. Mildenhall were good on the counter attack and when

passing the ball upfield. Despite Mildenhall playing well Witham grew more and more into

the game, with a ball off the crossbar in the 66th minute and a close shot on goal in the 76th

minute. Witham’s work for a goal finally paid off when Deese Kasinga Madia scored in the

79th minute, they had received a free kick close to the corner flag which was crossed to him

next to the goal and headed in. After the goal was scored both teams lost their heads a bit

and one player for Witham made a nasty tackle on Jed Wigley but there was no red card.

Mildenhall had another chance on goal from a cross but it was ultimately shot over the top of

the goal. Witham didn’t have to wait long for another goal and it came in the 86th minute

from Mildenhall player Joshua Collins, the ball was passed near post and instead of kicking it

away Collins accidentally shot the ball in the net. In the last minutes of the game Collins

received a red card for a slide tackle on the edge of the box. The game ends 2-1 to Witham

Town.

Lineups:

Mildenhall Town: Josh Pope 1, Jordan Chipps 2, Jed Wigley 3, Luke Butcher 4 (C), Max

Kirkby 5, Joshua Collins 6, Tommy Robinson 7, Jonathan Kaye 8, Ryan Swift 9, Jarid

Robson 10, Callum Anderson 11

Subs: Ollie Hughes 12 for Tommy Robinson 68’, Sam Mulready 14 for Jarid Robson 68’,

Darryl Coakley 15

Witham Town: James Askew 1, Jamie Riley 2, Joe Alatise 3, Golden Igbineweka 4, Rowan

Dorling 5, Frederick King 6, Archie McFadden 7, Liam Whipps 8 (C), Joshua olaoluwa

Osude 9, Deese Kasinga Madia 10, Oliver Bell 11

Subs: Kamani Mcfarlane 17 for Oliver Bell 59’, Issac Skubich 15 for Golden Igbineweka 65’,

Callum Fotzer 14 for Liam Whipps 67’, Ryan Dear 12 for Frederick King 89’, Ayomide

Adelaja 16